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Some things to understand about people from Minnesota on here right now, a short thread:
January 29, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Some things to understand about people from Minnesota on here right now, a short thread:
@racketmn.com is the real deal. Worth supporting with follows/subscription (if you're able).
Thanks to our pals at Coyote for talking with us and making us sound reasonably coherent.
"This is the worst fucking time. But watching people's response to ICE has just been the most affirming thing in the world.” We interviewed our friends over at @racketmn.com about what it’s like to cover the crisis in Minneapolis as community-centered journalists
January 29, 2026 at 4:35 PM
@racketmn.com is the real deal. Worth supporting with follows/subscription (if you're able).
Yes, I like my community and neighbors to be safe from masked paramilitary goons terrorizing us.
Gov. Landry: "I like to ask Democrats if they like their communities to be dangerous or safe. Do they want their children to be able to walk to school or do they want to worry if they send them on the sidewalks, that unfortunate violent things are going to happen to them?"
January 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Yes, I like my community and neighbors to be safe from masked paramilitary goons terrorizing us.
"...in theater..."
Come again about rhetoric?
Come again about rhetoric?
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
"...in theater..."
Come again about rhetoric?
Come again about rhetoric?
Only true thing he's said. Though it might take a bit, justice will come. In this life or the next.
Q: Are you going to be arresting the leadership of Signal chats that are organizing the attacks against you?
HOMAN: The organization and funding of attacks on ICE -- they will be held accountable. Justice is coming.
HOMAN: The organization and funding of attacks on ICE -- they will be held accountable. Justice is coming.
January 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Only true thing he's said. Though it might take a bit, justice will come. In this life or the next.
BALONEY!
CNN: How did we get to a place where we had Bovino having Border Patrol agents stopping citizens in interior of the country, asking them ID, creating fear? Who made the decisions to allow this kind of operation to proceed?
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
HOMAN: The reason for the massive deployment is bc of the threats & violence
January 29, 2026 at 1:52 PM
BALONEY!
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You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
Scrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
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See, the “immigration crisis,” “border emergency” etc - it’s 100% made up. There is NO crisis except panicked, violently racist white people. That’s it.
All this suffering and death is caused by that and only by that. The rest is bullshit: an excuse to grab power by a white supremacist regime.
All this suffering and death is caused by that and only by that. The rest is bullshit: an excuse to grab power by a white supremacist regime.
January 29, 2026 at 1:23 AM
See, the “immigration crisis,” “border emergency” etc - it’s 100% made up. There is NO crisis except panicked, violently racist white people. That’s it.
All this suffering and death is caused by that and only by that. The rest is bullshit: an excuse to grab power by a white supremacist regime.
All this suffering and death is caused by that and only by that. The rest is bullshit: an excuse to grab power by a white supremacist regime.
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Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
We want our neighbors home
These are Minnesotans. We want them to come back. We want this to be a place they would want to return to.
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
January 28, 2026 at 9:11 PM
We want our neighbors home
This is white hot fury in Minnesotan.
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:56 PM
This is white hot fury in Minnesotan.
This is our reality. Monitor your risk profile and take appropriate steps.
Last week, my office released the following consumer alert on how Minnesotans can protect their digital privacy from DHS agents.
I urge all Minnesotans to take steps to protect themselves online from the federal government’s overreach and lawlessness.
I urge all Minnesotans to take steps to protect themselves online from the federal government’s overreach and lawlessness.
January 28, 2026 at 7:22 PM
This is our reality. Monitor your risk profile and take appropriate steps.
This is a really excellent point. This campaign has been well underway for years
It’s not that Republicans are trying to inspire a campaign of terrorist violence against Democratic lawmakers.
It’s that they already have. With wounded and dead our side, frightened but resilient, and zero accountability for the people behind it.
It’s that they already have. With wounded and dead our side, frightened but resilient, and zero accountability for the people behind it.
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
This is a really excellent point. This campaign has been well underway for years
Stay. In. Their. Face.
just saw 4 ice agents go up to a house and knock and within 1 minute there were 30 people out whistling and they left. we will not take our foot off the gas
January 28, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Stay. In. Their. Face.
"The world is a gift we build for each other, friends. Glory to the martyrs who defend the republic."
"I wish I never knew his name, his face, or the heavy burden of his common decency. It’s better to not know heroes exist than to find out they did only after they’re gone." www.liberalcurrents.com/he-served-th...
He Served Those Who Served: Portrait of a Man Named Pretti
It’s better to not know heroes exist than to find out they did only after they’re gone.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:47 PM
"The world is a gift we build for each other, friends. Glory to the martyrs who defend the republic."
Evergreen post
Just think about what would be happening in the US right now if Kamala had been elected.
January 28, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Evergreen post
Can we please just have @billybragg.bsky.social and @brucespringsteen.net on the Grammys and or heavy rotation on every radio station?
January 28, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Can we please just have @billybragg.bsky.social and @brucespringsteen.net on the Grammys and or heavy rotation on every radio station?
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:41 PM
✊
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Powerful writing @literaryhub.bsky.social today. This, from Kao Kaila Yang, on preparing for the worst with her children, was a gut punch: lithub.com/letter-from-...
Letter From Minnesota: “If They Take Me and Leave the Children…”
Today is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. I got gas for the first time this year by myself. The gas station was mostly empty. I drove into the station, heart thudding in my chest. I did everything as f…
lithub.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Powerful writing @literaryhub.bsky.social today. This, from Kao Kaila Yang, on preparing for the worst with her children, was a gut punch: lithub.com/letter-from-...
Seen by a friend outside Target HQ in downtown Mpls this morning.
January 28, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Seen by a friend outside Target HQ in downtown Mpls this morning.
Really no other option
Look if Minnesota is the hub then it's a Purple Revolution.
If we're gonna have to have a color revolution, we should pick a good color.
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Really no other option
For anyone who needs a short break.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - How Are Crayons Made?
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - How Are Crayons Made?
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - How Are Crayons Made? Video | PBS KIDS
Did you ever wonder how crayons are made?
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January 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
For anyone who needs a short break.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - How Are Crayons Made?
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - How Are Crayons Made?
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We (white folks) need to keep this in mind. State violence is nothing new just because we are now feeling directly impacted.
"The government has no right to take any life in contravention of constitutional rights and simple decency."
"The government has no right to take any life in contravention of constitutional rights and simple decency."
We have to reach a point where skin color never outweighs humanity or empathy.
Why, for Too Many, Alex Pretti’s Murder Counted More
We must find sympathy for those unlike ourselves
contrarian.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:09 PM
We (white folks) need to keep this in mind. State violence is nothing new just because we are now feeling directly impacted.
"The government has no right to take any life in contravention of constitutional rights and simple decency."
"The government has no right to take any life in contravention of constitutional rights and simple decency."